THE NEW YORKER man who even dipped occasionally into representational painting (Picasso, for instance) would be by that fact debarred from membership. But for all that, it's a lively and vigorous organization, and its show, though not up to those of other years, is an interesting one. There is a considerable variety of styles on dis- play, from what might be called the traditional Cubist style of Susie Freling- huysen's still life "Oil and Papier Collé on ,^T ood" to some others that verge, like Fannie Hillsmith's "Ballerina," on Expressionism, or, like Perle Fine's black and yellow" Abstraction," on Sur- realism. Of the paintings in the in-be- tween category, I enjoyed John Senn- hauser's "Lines in Motion, No 23," Byron Browne's big, formalized "Moth- er and Child," and Giorgio Cavanon's (C Abstraction, 5 C," with its curiously effective suggestion of space. O CR third big show of the week is the Whitney's long-planned "Eu- ropean Artists in America," in which thirty-four visiting painters and sculp- tors of various nationalities show an ag- gregate of a hundred and fifty-odd pieces, mostly done in the course of their stay in this country. This, a gesture of gooq. fellowship to the men who have been exiled by the war, is a break of some magnitttde with \Vhitney tradi- tion. ( Until now, not a single foreign artist has ever been exhibited on its walls.) And though the tribute has been so long delayed that now, with the news from abroad what it is, the affair seems more a parting salute than a hail of welcome, it is still a very pretty gesture just the same. \Vhat is perhaps more to the point, it is also a thoroughly in- teresting show. Almost all the men involved, from such world-famous figures as Léger, :lVlax Ernst, and Dali on down, have ex- hibited in this country before. ( One thino- the artists-in-exile can never com- b plain of is that they were discriminated against here; they have had access to the galleries from the first. ) We have never, though, had a chance to see them en masse before, and the result is at once stimulating and-for an Amer- ican-discouraging. There is $omething so damned urbane, so completely and coolly competent, about a European painter. I myself think that American painting is more truly alive, more deep- ly promising, than any other at the mo- ment. But, per haps because of the very stirrings within us, there is a certain awkwardness in our work that, beside the assurance of even the less than ørst- rate Europeans.. sometimes makes us :; ;\ : \tJ ....!h j \. '.}_l .....;: : ::::(.::"=I ,'; , m' I " ("I .J: i;j\ ;< . f: .' '.\ ;t } 4$.fu: ;:...,,,, : ]::, ' ;.: ..>:.. .. !#i :: ,. : . f. . < ",., .; i:::" '1':<;""; .' .ir :' .; > , U *). '.. .:::: .:-:. ;iA;\/',: . -., , . :v . t . . :. . :. ' . ":':' <' ",.. "it '. 1: , mt. ::: '. : . :: '?.\!$: "....:.:. \.::\) \Ç}. ":-0:-:.: Right before dinner, Jim said to r'. ",. > nn . . . - t;() :::. ,,: '>"""""' 1Þ :::':::.,::.:::::.:::-:.' I . .:.. .. .-' Well, well. Here's that old blue-striped shirt I used to like so much. Where did you dig that one up? \ ,. " ," . - '(,.. " , ":.::":::: "'"' ';"'(;J::., .;.:'.: " \' ':':.::""" ::. . ';::: ::.(::; r" / ..... ::;" ": ( I didn't dig it up-I fixed it up! Just like Uncle Sam wants us to do with every- thing these days. In fact, I went through all the shirts in 89 :tt !.: ':'. ...... "' ::: ...."".. ';. . j " .::.......:. ; \t -þ . ii., :.:. .:[ ;: .....:<r,: . :=:..'.{ '::" '1 :".. Y' ,. '. ....... . '.. .:. '...: ., "%:'. ... :ç>....m ... " ... -\* i :: -,:;r::'. ' :. >:'" ..J:: ::::-:: ' r your drawer and fixed up every single shirt that had any bit of wear left in it. - . : .:...,":;::::. J :...;:::::..,. . :. . . . :......-=.:. , :::::.., ,", ..;....:. .::,'.: ....:.. . ," . Swell idea, Ann! Now is a wonderful time to conserve on shirts! And when you absolutely have to buy a shirt, get an Arrow. Only Arrow Shirts have the perfect- fitting Arrow Collar, the form-fitting Mitoga design, anchored buttons, and the Sanforized label. If your Arrow dealer can't satisfy you the first time you try, remember-much of Arrow's production is going to the government. So try your Arrow dealer again. He's doing a fine job under tough conditions! Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. ARROW SHIRTS BUY WAR BONDS-and hold on to them!